A fortnight of tragedy for the city of Bath, England, ended with a Frozen-themed funeral yesterday. Hundreds of citizens mourned Mitzi Steady, a 4-year-old girl who was among four people killed Feb. 9 in a traffic accident.
A truly sad day as little Mitzi Steady is laid to rest in Bathhttp://t.co/z9ZNUImQA7 pic.twitter.com/OAipJb3342
— Bath Live (@bathlive) February 23, 2015
https://twitter.com/PrncssLizz/status/570242246953426944
Steady was killed when the 19-year-old driver of a gravel truck lost control while navigating a steep incline on a busy Bath road. The truck careened downhill about 100 meters and eventually overturned on top of a Volvo, injuring the driver, Phil Potter, and killing the car’s three occupants. Steady’s grandmother, who was crossing the road with her at the time, was also injured. The incident resulted in two arrests.
Two arrests over tipper truck crash that killed four-year-old Mitzi Steady: http://t.co/SVYmZn1M8E pic.twitter.com/Kjk1nhoqiz
— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) February 17, 2015
In the wake of the tragedy, the Steady family created a donation page in Mitzi’s name for the road safety organization Brake. The charity promptly raised £17,000 ($26,000), more than 10 times its original goal of £1,000.
Our beloved daughter Mitzi passed away age 4 on 9-Feb. Donations to road safety charity Brake at https://t.co/1h2Z9QDbxf in her memory.
— Andy Steady (@steadyandrew) February 18, 2015
Monday’s funeral was held at the Bath Abbey. It featured a Frozen-themed coffin and a mournful choral arrangement of “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?”
People with black umbrellas attend Bath Abbey to say goodbye to four-year-old Mitzi Steady @HeartWestNews pic.twitter.com/kAvrkyzfaU
— Global’s Newsroom (@GlobalsNewsroom) February 23, 2015
Frozen-themed funeral held for tot killed in Bath tipper truck tragedy http://t.co/u53Dz6w174 pic.twitter.com/ZN9drjFsST
— The Daily Record (@Daily_Record) February 24, 2015
Heartbreaking images of the funeral of Bath tipper truck crash victim Mitzi Steady http://t.co/2pypcvoAnY http://t.co/4gVSXytTww
— Paul Turner (@readmybook) February 23, 2015
The Mirror reported that the Frozen theme extended to the eulogy given by Steady’s mother, who called her daughter a “princess.”
The town of Bath spent the week demonstrating shows of support for the family.
The players line up as the Rec prepares to remember Mitzi Steady, Bob Parker, Stephen Vaughan and Phil Allen #Bath pic.twitter.com/x104yXUun5
— Ian Whitfield (@blocks2u) February 22, 2015
Don’t think there’s a #Bath resident who wasn’t @ #BathAbbey in spirit for the funeral of #MitziSteady 2day #RIP pic.twitter.com/a2ZWpp9tTi
— Jamie Ball (@jamieball1833) February 23, 2015
Mitzi Rosanna Steady
— Shrujal Gajjar (@shrujalgajjar) February 24, 2015
“a beautiful dream for 4 years..”@steadyandrew please accept my tribute with this artwork. pic.twitter.com/DOVPtiIcUy
The Frozen-themed funeral comes just days after a Florida man’s family opted to remember the comics fan by listing his official cause of death as an “uppercut from Batman.” Perhaps giving Steady a funeral fit for a Disney princess was the best way of bringing hope into a moment of tragedy.
H/T People | Illustration by shrujalgajjar/Twitter
